[Rhodes22-list] Jerry's leak

[Steve Alm]

Jerry,

I'm with Rik here.  PUT THE DRILL DOWN AND STEP AWAY FROM THE SAILBOAT!!!
8-)   8-)  That'll only open up another can o' worms you don't need.  A
small amount of water in the bilge won't hurt anything even if it does
freeze.  A leak at the rub rail is fairly common and not too hard to fix.
As Rik suggested, it could also be rain leaking from the topside deck
somewhere.  In either case, if the boat is now up on the hard, no further
damage should be expected if you cover the boat with a tarp.  Start by
checking your rub rail if that's where you see water coming in when you're
"X-sailing", (a term most of us now associate with Rummy) and go from there.
Keep us posted.

Slim

On 11/5/03 10:47 PM, "Rik Sandberg" <sanderico at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Jerry,
> 
> Have you checked your cockpit and seat drain hoses. I wonder if one of those
> isn't seeping just a bit. Sounds like the water might be getting under the
> foam floation beneath the cockpit and seeping from there into the bilge near
> the centerboard housing where you are removing it. It takes a bit for all the
> water that gets under the foam to come out.
> 
> Rik
> 
> 
> On 11/05/2003 09:17 pm, you wrote:
>> Ric& Ed (and anybody else who wants to jump into to fray),
>>  The P.O. told me to suck out the bilge every two weeks , it will be fine.I
>> tried to empty every week, I'd get a cup- cup1/2.Went for 3 weeks,only 2
>> cups. When I suck it out,I get a cup right off the bat,then a tablespoon
>> every minute,for the next 10-15 minutes.It's this saturation that has me
>> worried.After a real sporting day(15-20 knots), the port settee back
>> cushion (aft) was damp,and I could see where water had come thru the
>> rubrail,there was an extra cup of water at the end of that day. I've
>> checked there after that day ,and could not see any leak from rain. My boat
>> is bow heavy,only a 2.5hp Yamaha kicker,not much in lazerette.I have not
>> used the centerboard at all,didn't seem to want to go down the only time I
>> tried to use it,My lake is shallow and I didn't want to drag it around the
>> lake all summer if something failed.I wonder if my leak is not in the
>> centerboard area,need to remove for bottom painting,so I'll check that out.
>> 
>> 
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